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The infamous anti-vaccination group AVN in Australia is shrewd and apparently evil. There is no question their new name is designed to deliberate conflate the issues of skepticism and vaccination safety and to get under the skin of the scientific skepticism advocates that have done a good job at discrediting the AVN’s misinformation campaigns.

THE controversial anti-vaccination group Australian Vaccination Network, which was ordered to change its misleading name late last year, has ­finally complied with an order from the Administrative ­Decisions Tribunal.

“The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc. will now officially be known as the Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network, Inc.,” the group ­announced on its website.

Was the last version of their name supposed to sound like “avian” or is that just a bizzare coincidence?

Andrew W

March 10, 2014 at 9:40 AM

I think that the Australian Skeptics should take over the AVN site name to extract revenge and tell the real facts about vaccines (they work) and to explain what a Real Skeptic is and does.

I do wonder if they could sue the anti-vaccer’s for misleading copyright name infringement upon the Australian Skeptics site?
Probably not. But, it would be nice to see the anti-vaccer’s squashed once and for all.

It is funny how you can’t lie in an Advert, but you can lie, with misinformation that endangers life. Makes me sad to be an Australian.

Why is anyone surprised? They have always been evil and deceitful, there was no way they were ever going to choose an honest name.

The focus should always be on rebutting their lies.

Frederick

March 10, 2014 at 12:17 PM

Why did that guy, Dan Buzzard, bought the name? Just to make sure they don’t have it? lol If that’s the case, that’s a good Tactics. I don’t like anti-science mongers, Anti-GMO, anti-fluoride ( I have a good friend, she is brillant and all, but tend to believe in too much stuff, and she is anti-fluoride, so I try not to hate them too much), but I can live with them, I can be friend with one, But Anti-vaxx, they are the worse. If they keep to themselves, not too bad, but when to start to do heavy propaganda like that.

Adam

March 11, 2014 at 5:34 AM

Australian Vaccine Denial Network would be more appropriate. Denialists like to claim they’re actually skeptics even though they’re not critically appraising the evidence so much as pretending it doesn’t exist.

lawn

March 12, 2014 at 4:49 PM

They wanted to keep the initials, but I would prefer something along the lines of “Anti-Vax Nutjobs.”